The Social Structure of Science
In what way does the social structure of science serve to advance, or to retard, the pursuit of scientific knowledge? My interest in this and similar questions was sparked when I taught chapter 8 of Philip Kitcher's The Advancement of Science in a class on confirmation theory.
Published Work
- Reconsidering Authority: Scientific Expertise, Bounded Rationality, and Epistemic Backtracking. Oxford Studies in Epistemology, vol. 3.
- The Role of the Matthew Effect in Science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 37, 159–170, 2006.
- The Role of the Priority Rule in Science. Journal of Philosophy 100:2, 55–79, 2003.
Unpublished Paper
Work In Progress
- A Theory of Distributive Justice. (The prehistory of the priority system in science.)